Headwear



April 20 1926.

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Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES GERARDO MANTILLA, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed July 15, 1924. Serial No. 726,164.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERARno MANTILLA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Headwear, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to headwear, and has for its object the provisionof an article resembling a cap, but having its head-en gaging portionformed as a species of net, the head engaging portion being equipped.with a visor, the advantage being that the article will be lighter inweight and more comfortable for use in the summer time or in hotclimates, while at the same time the visor will protect the eyes and thenet-like head-engaging portion will hold the hair in place whilepermitting free ventilation.

An additional object. is the provision of headwear of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive to manufacture, neat and attractivein appearance, healthful and sanitary in use, and a general improvementin the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction and arrangement to behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 1s a side elevation of thearticle.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the mechanicalconstruction.

Figure 4 is a detail fragmentary view showing a modification.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have shown the article ascomprising a head-engaging portion 10 and a visor 11. The head-engagingportion includes inner and outer bands 12 and 13, respectively, theformer of which may be formed as or equipped with a sweat band and thelatter of'which constitutes the outside brim. These bands are reenforcedat their ends by a strip 14: disposed between them to over-lap thejoints. At their lower edges the bands are turned in and stitched at 15,or secured in any other desired manner. The visor 11 is attached in anydesired manner as for instance by having its inner edge interposedbetween the bands 12 and 13, and secured by the stitches 15 abovereferred to.

The head-engaging portion 10 or body of the device is shown as being ofa net-like formation and consists of a plurality of cords or otherflexible members 16 radiating from a central ring 17 which may beflexible or not, as referred. The various flexible members might radiatefrom the center in straight lines or they may be curved as illustrated,such a detail being immaterial and the flexible members may beinterlaced or not and secured together by knotting as indicated at 18.

In Figure 4 I have illustrated a slightv modification in which theneticonstituting the body portion is formed of a plurality ofintersecting rings or loops 20 fastened to the band and central ring inthe above described or any other desired manner.

In the use of the device it is quite apparent that the hair will be heldin place while at the same time it will have free ventilation and thebenefit of sunshine. The visor of course protects the eyes from thelight and in actual practice I have discovered that the article is verycomfortable, sanitary and satisfactory in every respect.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of the invention itis to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in theconstruction and arrangement as will not depart from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having described the invention, I claim In a cap of the characterdescribed, a head encircling band having its upper and lower edgesturned outwardly and toward each other, a reinforcing strip locatedoutwardly of said band at the joint between the ends thereof, an outerband disposed against said inner band and having the joint between itsends located opposite said reinforcing strip, said outer band having itsupper GERARDO MANTILLA.

